Collar-button and necktie-fastener.



No. 678,663. mammina-y ne, asm.

r. m. msamus, m. A

GDLLAR BUTTGN AND NEGKII'IE FMSITENER.

(Applicmtioix filed Nov. 27, 189C.)

(No Model.)

lilnirrnn @trarne .Warnier FREDERICK M. HASEN'FUS, JR., OFPHlLADlLPlllA, PENNSYLVANIA.

COLLAR-BUTTON AN@ NECKTEE=FASTEN SPEGIFIGATIKON forming part of LettersEatent No. 678,663, dated July 16, 1901.

Application led November 27. 1899. Serial No. 738,291. (llo model.)

.To @ZZ whom. may concern.:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK M. linensT FUs, Jr., a citizen of theUnited States, resid ing in the city and county of Philadelphia,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inCollar-Buttons and Necktie-Fasteners, which improvement is fully setforth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a collar-button and necktie-fastener, the sameembodying a cap with openings or recesses therein and a cross-bar whichis adapted to enter said cap and be interlocked with the same, the novelfeatures of said parts or members being pointed out in the claim thatfollows the specication.

Figure l represents a perspective view of a collar-button andneoktie-fastener embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a view oftheinterior of one of the members thereof. Fig. 3 represents a partialelevation and partial section, the latter being on line fc fr, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre spending parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a hollow cap or case having anopen back and rim thereon with perforations,whereb`y it may be sewed orotherwise fastened to a necktie, such as B. ln the head of said cap isthe central opening C and aside of the same' the openings D D, saidopening C being of greater length than said openings D.

E design ates collar-button which is formed of the head F, the shank Gr,and the crossbar H, the ends of the latter being provided with tonguesJ, which are turned inwardlyv toward the head F, it being noticed thatsaid head F and cross-bar lvl are on opposite ends of said shank G.

The operation is as follows: The button is applied to the neolrband of ashirt and has the collar adjusted thereon as usual, the crossbar beingon the outside portion of said band and collar being shown in dottedlines, Fig. 3. The neclitie is now presented to the cap A so that theopening C registers with the cross-bar Il and then receives saidcross-head with the tongues thereon, the tongues also entering said capthrough said opening until they clear the outer wall of the cap, whenthe necktie has a half-turn imparted to it when the tongues reach theside openings D and spring into the same, owing to the resiliencyafforded bythe portion of the necktie at the open bach of the cap, aswill be hereinafter more fully described, and the pressure of the collarand neokband thus firmly connecting the tie with the collar-button andpreventing rotation of the former. Willen, however, the cap is pressedin, the tongues leave the openings D, and the tie may be rotated untilthe cross-bar and tongues register with the opening C, when the cap maybe withdrawn from the button, and the tie is accordingly released fromthe same.

It will be observed that the members of the two-part device are rigid intheir nature and avoid the use of springs or parts that require to becontracted in order to be connected and disconnected, and hence possessstrength and durability and are of simple and inexpensive construction.

In order to prevent wearing action oi the cross-bar H on the material ofthe neektie, the interior of the cap A has a washer or rubplate formingthe guard l of suitable material within it, the saine receiving theimpact and contact of said cross-bar, the effect of which is the primaryyielding of the washer until the tongues J are fully within the cap, sothe portion of the necktie extending across the open back of the capbeing forced out by said washer creates pressure on said washer, andconsequently on the cross-bar, so that when the latter is properlyturned the tongues spring into the openings D and are retained thereinindirectly by the pressure of the portion of the necktie at the placeindi cated.

The rim or flange on the circumference of the side of the cap or bachthereof forms a broad base, so that the cap lies fiat on the tie withoutliability to cut the saine or overturn, leaving the back of the capentirely open for the pressure of the tie against the loose guardplate.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A member consisting of a shank, a head, and a cross-har with an4inturned tongue, a member consisting of a cap havinga circumferentialrim, an open bacia: and a face with IOC@ main and auxiliary openings,and a loose forming an improved collar-button and neckguard-piateoccupying the interior of the cap tie-fastener.

at the open back and adapted to be subjected f 1 T to the pressure ofthe tie and to transmit the FREDERICK M HASBD FUS JR' saine to saidtongue in its locking position Witnesses:

and remove the tie from direct contact with JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

said cross-bar, said parts being combined, WM. CANER WIEDERSHEIM.

